10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (formerly 11th East Lancashire Regiment).

Awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette 1 January 1919 (a New Years Honour List with no citation).

Heaton was a native of Burnley, Lancashire.

Was originally 15060, Company Sergeant Major, Acting Regimental Sergeant Major in the Accrington Pals. Commisioned on the 26 June 1917.